Chapter 340: The Fear of Death! Submit!

The Level-8 Protection Charm is Sakura Rin's strongest life-saving tool as a Level-S psychic awakened from Sakura Nation.

She originally thought she'd use it against some Level-7 Master-level psychics.

Never did she expect a mere Level-4 Upper to force her to burn her trump card.

"This guy exerts an overwhelming sense of pressure."

After several deep breaths to forcibly dispel the fear in her heart, Sakura Rin continued:

"Our Tenchi Dojo team has a rendezvous point here, meeting every two hours."

There's less than ten minutes left until the next rendezvous.

I advise you to leave quickly, or once we fail to show up at the next meeting,

the other teams will start searching and find this place.

You can handle three Level-6s—surely you can't handle our entire Tenchi Dojo's dozen-plus Level-6 psychics?"

In truth, her Level-8 Protection Charm lasts only one hour.

The next rendezvous is still over forty minutes away.

By the time Tenchi Dojo's people realize something's wrong, they'll have only ten minutes left to search.

She wasn't sure if Tenchi Dojo's people could find her within such a short time.

So she could only try to scare Xu Jingming away.

"Every two hours?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Jingming immediately frowned.

He knew Sakura Rin was lying, but he couldn't risk it.

Because a dozen-plus Level-6 psychics—right now, he truly couldn't handle them.

But letting Sakura Rin escape now meant she'd reunite with the main group and still hunt him down.

That hunt might not catch him, but it would undoubtedly slow his progress in hunting beasts and harvesting psychic points.

The best solution was to kill her outright and silence her forever.

"If only there were a way to bypass the Protection Charm's barrier and enter directly inside."

As he pondered, Xu Jingming suddenly remembered something.

Space Beast Bone!

Using this, he might be able to slip right through!

Without hesitation, he pulled the bone from his space ring and unleashed his blood qi into it.

"What are you doing? A Level-8 Protection Charm isn't something a lowly Level-4 Upper psychic can break!"

Watching Xu Jingming's actions, Sakura Rin felt a sinister premonition and urgently warned him.

Yet the next instant, she saw his figure vanish along with the bone.

As if blinking, he reappeared inside the Protection Charm's barrier, less than ten meters from her!

"It worked."

A faint smile appeared on Xu Jingming's face as his brilliant golden dragon-like pupils fixed on Sakura Rin:

"I can't break the Protection Charm—but I can slip right inside."

Back in school, Xu Jingming had already mastered the use of this Level-9 Beast Emperor's Space-type bone.

The space teleportation he just used was merely its most basic application.

"Space-type ability… How is this possible?!" Sakura Rin's face twisted in despair.

She never imagined that Great Xia Nation, to protect this SS-rank individual,

would even grant him such a precious artifact with space abilities!

"Shikigami, Yuki-onna!"

"Shikigami, Hyakume-gaki!"

"Shikigami, Kamaitachi!"

"..."

As Sakura Nation's Level-S, Sakura Rin was not one to give up easily.

Knowing this was a matter of life or death, she immediately swallowed a Level-5 Blood-Boosting Pill.

Her aura instantly surged from Level-5 Lower to Level-5 Middle.

More than a dozen distinct Shikigami were summoned again.

The Shikigami, previously at Level-5 Middle, all surged to Level-5 Upper.

Even the strongest, the "Yuki-onna," spiked to Level-5 Peak, nearly brushing against Level-6!

A bone-chilling cold erupted from the Yuki-onna, spreading violently outward!

The ground and surrounding vegetation froze instantly.

Besides the Yuki-onna, the other Shikigami also activated their abilities.

In an instant, the scene became terrifyingly imposing!

"A premium Level-5 Blood-Boosting Pill—no wonder Sakura Nation's Level-S has so many trump cards."

A normal Level-5 Blood-Boosting Pill could never boost power this much—only a specially customized one with superior efficacy could achieve this.

"But unfortunately, it still won't stop me."

Holding the black Flowing Liu Yun Liuyun Jin Feng Qiang, Xu Jingming charged again.

In the earlier battle against the three, he'd indeed expended much of his psychic energy and stamina.

But what remained was more than enough to deal with Sakura Rin.

And the facts proved it—

These dozen-plus shikigami, though their auras had surged due to their master's power,

their overall strength was no weaker than an ordinary lower-tier sixth-rank.

But under Xu Jingming, who had activated his Thunder Extreme state, they were still crushed in a one-sided sweep.

In less than a minute, Xu Jingming had slain every last shikigami.

"D-don't kill me! I'm an S-rank of Sakura Nation—whatever you want, I can give it to you!"

By this point, Sakuragi Rin had already used up every last trump card.

Seeing she still couldn't deal with Xu Jingming, she could only make promises of profit:

"Money, power, beauties—anything you want, just don't... don't kill me."

As she spoke, her shapely legs beneath her battle suit began trembling uncontrollably.

This was the body's natural response when a human faced immense pressure of death.

"You think that as a Great Xia SS-rank, I'd be lacking in such things?"

Gripping his Flowing Liu Yun Liuyun Jin Feng Qiang, Xu Jingming's expression was cold. "So, please go die!"

He could tell that Sakuragi Rin hadn't actually harbored much killing intent toward him from the start.

But their factions differed, which doomed any chance of him sparing her.

"Yamete!"

The long spear wreathed in terrifying thunder thrust toward her like a phantom.

At that moment, Sakuragi Rin felt as if time itself had frozen.

From birth, to school, to awakening her ability, to becoming a member of the Heavenly Imperial Dojo,

and finally being called the 'Holy Maiden,' basking in the adoration of all the people of Sakura Nation,

to now facing the threat of death—

all of it flashed through her mind like a revolving lantern, swift and fleeting.

Am I about to die?

At that moment, she couldn't help but think so, but what followed was an intense unwillingness!

No!

I can't die!

I still have so many things to do!

I haven't accomplished my goal yet!

A fierce will to live erupted in Sakuragi Rin's heart!

In a desperate last gamble, she couldn't help but shout aloud:

"Great Xia's SS-rank, if you spare my life, I am willing to submit to you!"

A clear voice tinged with a sobbing tone suddenly rang out across the forest.

Hiss—

The spear tip wreathed in thunder, razor-sharp, finally stopped about five or six centimeters from Sakuragi Rin's fair forehead.

"Submit?"

Xu Jingming's dragon pupils, brimming with an oppressive aura, glanced over with some surprise.